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Originally Posted by NYG
That being said, I suggest you learn how to stick weld over mig weld.
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He wants to weld on an exhaust system and in his garage. I assume that includes other work on cars.
There is no place for stickwelding when you talk about cars. Everything done on cars or consumer vehicles in general is done with either mig or tig.
If he has agricultural vehicles, it's a different story. That's often thick steel so stick becomes an option.
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Originally Posted by chassis
More power = more better
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This is nonsense when it comes to welding.
The right amount of power is where it's at. And often it's less than most people expect.
A stick welder is useful if you want to build a frame for a bench in your garden out of angle iron or so. So construction work from fairly thick iron.
Although you can also do that perfectly with MIG. But a stick welder is much cheaper, so for private use, that's usually used for that.
The applications that you have to/must use stick welding over mig welding for private use are very rare. As said, the main advantage of stick welding (for private use) is that you have less problems welding outside where the wind can blow away the shielding gas. For that, flux core mig might be an alternative for stick welding though.